Abstract: An expander-integrated compressor 200A includes a closed casing 1, a compression mechanism 2, an expansion mechanism 3, a shaft 5, an oil pump 6, and a heat insulating structure 30A. The oil pump 6 is disposed between the compression mechanism 1 and the expansion mechanism 3, and draws, via an oil suction port 62q, an oil held in an oil reservoir 25 to supply it to the compression mechanism 2. The heat insulating structure 30A is disposed between the oil pump 6 and the expansion mechanism 3, and limits a flow of the oil between an upper tank 25a, in which the oil suction port 62q is located, and a lower tank 25b, in which the expansion mechanism 3 is located, so as to suppress heat transfer from the oil filling the upper tank 25a to the oil filling the lower tank 25b.

Abstract: A rotary expander includes: a cylinder (61); a piston (62) disposed inside the cylinder (61); closing members disposed with the cylinder (61) being sandwiched therebetween; and an injection passage for introducing further a working fluid in the expansion process of the working fluid. An introduction outlet (65c) of the injection passage leading to the working chamber (69) is provided at a position located inwardly away from the inner circumferential surface (61b) of the cylinder (61), on one of the closing members, in such a manner that the injection passage and the discharge passage are not communicated with each other.

Abstract: An oil supply passage (68) is formed inside a rotating shaft (56) of a compression mechanism (21). An oil supply passage (38) is formed inside a rotating shaft (36) of an expansion mechanism (22). A boss portion (81) is provided at a lower end of the rotating shaft (56). A shaft portion (82) that is engaged in the boss portion (81) is provided at an upper end of the rotating shaft (36). The circumference of a coupling part (80), which includes the boss portion (81) and the shaft portion (82) is covered by an upper bearing (42) of the expansion mechanism (22). The upper bearing (42) supports both the rotating shaft (36) and the rotating shaft (56).

Abstract: An expander-integrated compressor (5A) has a compression mechanism (21) for compressing a refrigerant and an expansion mechanism (22) for expanding the refrigerant. The compression mechanism (21) is located above the expansion mechanism (22) inside a closed casing (10) and shares a rotating shaft (36) with the expansion mechanism (22). An oil pump (37) is provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft (36). The oil pump (37) is immersed in oil in an oil reservoir (15). Usually, the oil is placed in the oil reservoir (15) in such a manner that the oil level (OL) is located above a lower end portion (34e) of a vane (34a) of a first expansion section (30a). More preferably, the oil is placed in such a manner that the expansion mechanism (22) is immersed in the oil. An oil supply passage (38) for guiding the oil to the compression mechanism (21) is formed inside the rotating shaft (36). A suction port (37a) of the oil pump (37) is provided below the lower end portion (34e) of the vane (34a).

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an expander-compressor unit (1) having a first motor (12), a second compressor (2) having a second motor (22), and a controller (7). The controller (7) determines the target rotational frequency F1 of the first motor (12) and the target rotational frequency F2 of the second motor (22) for a start-up operation, and determines whether the opening X of an injection valve (61) should be in a fully opened state or in a fully closed state during the start-up operation, based on an outside air temperature and other factors. Then, the controller (7) performs the start-up operation by controlling the rotational frequencies f1 and f2 of the first motor and the second motor to be the determined target rotational frequencies F1 and F2 while maintaining the opening X of the injection valve in the fully opened state or in the fully closed state.

Abstract: A heat pump heating system (1A) includes: a refrigerant circuit (3) including a compressor (21), a radiator (22), and an expansion member (25A), and an evaporator (26); a circulation path (5) for circulating a liquid through the radiator (22) to produce a heated liquid; and a heater (4) for dissipating heat of the heated liquid. The refrigerant circuit (3) is provided with an internal heat exchanger (23A) for transferring heat from a high pressure refrigerant that has released heat in the radiator (22) to a low pressure refrigerant. The liquid flowing through the circulation path (5) is cooled in a liquid cooling heat exchanger (24) by means of the high pressure refrigerant flowing out of the internal heat exchanger (23A), before the liquid flows into the radiator (22).

Abstract: A fluid machine (201) includes: a compression mechanism (2) for compressing a working fluid; an expansion mechanism (4) for expanding the working fluid and for recovering mechanical power from the expanding working fluid; a shaft (5) for coupling the compression mechanism (2) and the expansion mechanism (4) and for transferring the mechanical power recovered by the expansion mechanism (4) to the compression mechanism (2); and a closed casing (1) for accommodating the compression mechanism (2), the shaft (5) and the expansion mechanism (4), and having an internal space into which the working fluid that has been compressed by the compression mechanism (2) is discharged. A refrigerant passage space (7) through which a refrigerant to be drawn into the expansion mechanism (4) passes is formed between an expansion chamber of the expansion mechanism (4) and the internal space of the closed casing (1).

Abstract: A rotary-type fluid machine (10A) includes: a closed casing (1) having a bottom portion utilized as an oil reservoir, a rotary-type fluid mechanism (expansion mechanism) (15) that is provided in an upper portion of the closed casing (1) and in which working chambers (32, 33) in cylinders (22, 24) are partitioned into a suction side working chamber and a discharge side working chamber by vanes (28, 29), a shaft (5) having therein an oil supply passage (51) for supplying oil to the fluid mechanism (15), the shaft being connected to the fluid mechanism (15) and extending an oil reservoir (45), an oil pump (52) provided at a lower portion of the shaft (5), an oil retaining portion (65) for retaining oil, which is pumped up by the oil pump (52) and supplied through the oil supply passage (51), in a surrounding region around the fluid mechanism (15) to allow the partitioning members of the fluid mechanism (15) to be lubricated, the oil retaining portion formed so that the liquid level of the oil retained therein is

Abstract: An optical information recording and reproducing apparatus includes an optical pickup, a phase conjugate optical system, a disc cure optical system, and a defect discrimination optical system; and an optical detector that receives a light emitted from the defect discrimination optical system and transmitted through or reflected from an optical information recording medium. A reference light and a signal light emitted from the optical pickup are irradiated onto the optical information recording medium to record and reproduce digital information by using a holography.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant circulates. The refrigerant circuit is formed by connecting in sequence a compressor 2 for compressing the refrigerant, a radiator 3 for allowing the refrigerant compressed by compressor 2 to radiate heat, a fluid pressure motor 4 as a power recovery means, and an evaporator 5 for allowing the refrigerant discharged by the fluid pressure motor 4 to evaporate. The fluid pressure motor 4 performs a process for drawing the refrigerant and a process for discharging the refrigerant. These processes are performed substantially continuously.

Abstract: A multi-stage rotary-type fluid machine may be configured as what is called a two-stage rotary expander, in which a refrigerant expands in an expansion chamber having a first discharge side space (115b) of a first cylinder (105), a second suction side space (116a) of a second cylinder (106), and a communication hole (104a) for allowing communication between the two spaces (115b, 116a). The first cylinder (105) and the second cylinder (106) are partitioned by an intermediate plate (104). The communication hole (104a) is formed so as to penetrate through the intermediate plate (104). The opening shape and location of the communication hole (104a) are set so that direct blow-through of the refrigerant from a suction port (105b) to a discharge port (106b) cannot occur at any rotation angle of a shaft (103).

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus 100 is provided with a working fluid circuit 106 and a first bypass passage 112. The working fluid circuit 106 is formed of a first compressor 101, a heat radiator 102, an expander 103, an evaporator 104, a second compressor 105, and flow passages 106a to 106e connecting these components in this order. The expander 103 and the second compressor 105 are coupled to each other by a power-recovery shaft 107 so that the second compressor 105 is driven by the power recovered by the expander 103. The first bypass passage 112 communicates between a portion from the discharge port of the first compressor 101 to the suction port of the expander 103 in the working fluid circuit 106 and a portion from the outlet of the evaporator 104 to the suction port of the second compressor 105 in the working fluid circuit 106, at the time of activation of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 100.

Abstract: A rotary-type fluid machine (10A) includes: a closed casing (1) having a bottom portion utilized as an oil reservoir, a rotary-type fluid mechanism (expansion mechanism) (15) that is provided in an upper portion of the closed casing (1) and in which working chambers (32, 33) in cylinders (22, 24) are partitioned into a suction side working chamber and a discharge side working chamber by vanes (28, 29), a shaft (5) having therein an oil supply passage (51) for supplying oil to the fluid mechanism (15), the shaft being connected to the fluid mechanism (15) and extending an oil reservoir (45), an oil pump (52) provided at a lower portion of the shaft (5), an oil retaining portion (65) for retaining oil, which is pumped up by the oil pump (52) and supplied through the oil supply passage (51), in a surrounding region around the fluid mechanism (15) to allow the partitioning members of the fluid mechanism (15) to be lubricated, the oil retaining portion formed so that the liquid level of the oil retained therein is

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus 100 includes a low-pressure compressor 113, a high-pressure compressor 101, a radiator 103, a gas-liquid separator 107, an expansion valve 109, an expander 105 and an evaporator 111. The low-pressure compressor 113 and the expander 105 are coupled by a shaft 116, and the low-pressure compressor 113 is driven using power recovered by the expander 105 from a refrigerant. The low-pressure compressor 113 and the high-pressure compressor 101 are serially connected by an intermediate-pressure flow path 114. The gas-liquid separator 107 and the intermediate-pressure flow path 114 are connected by the reciprocating flow path 115. The reciprocating flow path 115 is configured to allow the refrigerant to circulate bidirectionally. It is possible to regulate the refrigerant flow rate in the reciprocating flow path 115 by controlling the opening degree of the expansion valve 109.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (100A) includes a first compressor (101) that is an expander-compressor unit, a second compressor (102), and a controller (300). The controller (300) shifts, when an oil level 51 of a first oil pool (13) becomes equal to or lower than a specified level L, to an oil-equalizing operation in which a rotation speed of a first motor (12) is decreased only by a specified decrement and a rotation speed of a second motor (12) is increased by a specified increment, and an opening of a bypass valve (70) is increased so that a pressure or a temperature of a discharged refrigerant guided to a radiator (4) through a first pipe (3a) is kept approximately constant, and returns the rotation speeds of the first motor (11) and the second motor (12) as well as the opening of the bypass valve (70) to conditions before start of the oil-equalizing operation when a specified period of time has elapsed since the start of the oil-equalizing operation.

Abstract: For achieving an improvement on recording/reproducing quality of information, with enabling more adequate tilt adjustment, even for an optical disc to be used under a circumstance having a large temperature change, an optical disc apparatus for conducting recording or reproducing of video information onto/from the optical disc 2, through buffers 17 and 18, while conducting a tilt adjustment through a learning of a tilt amount, comprises a temperature sensor 4 for detecting temperature within an optical pickup 1, wherein a control unit determines whether a relearning of the tilt amount of the optical pickup, upon basis of a change of temperature detected, a movement amount of the optical pickup between the time when a previous learning is done and the time when a present learning is done, and a remaining memory capacity of the buffers.

Abstract: An expander-integrated compressor (100) includes: a compression mechanism (2) for compressing a working fluid; an expansion mechanism (3) for expanding a working fluid; and a shaft (5) that couples the compression mechanism (2) and the expansion mechanism (3). The expansion mechanism (3) includes a variable vane mechanism (60). The variable vane mechanism (60) controls the movement of a first vane (48) so that the ratio of a period P2 to a period P1 (P2/P1) can be adjusted, where P1 denotes the period during which the first vane (48) is in contact with a first piston (46) in the course of one rotation of the shaft (5), and P2 denotes the period during which the first vane (48) is spaced from the first piston (46) in the course of one rotation of the shaft (5).

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a first compressor 1, which is an expander-compressor unit, and a second compressor 2. A first compression mechanism 11 of the first compressor 1 and a second compression mechanism 21 of the second compressor 2 are disposed in parallel with each other in a refrigerant circuit 30. The refrigeration cycle apparatus is provided with an injection passage 6. A controller 7 controls a first motor 12 of the first compressor 1 and a second motor 22 of the second compressor 2, and an opening of an injection valve 61. The controller 7 performs an optimizing operation for the opening of the injection valve. In the optimizing operation, the opening of the injection valve 61 is brought closer to a fully closed state or closer to a fully opened state while a pressure or a temperature of a discharged refrigerant guided to a radiator 4 through a first pipe 3a is kept approximately constant.

Abstract: A sub-compressor (23) is provided between a compressor (22) and a power-recovery device (24). A refrigerant after preliminarily being compressed by the sub-compressor (23) is allowed to flow into the compressor (22). Since the sub-compressor (23) and the power-recovery device (24) have approximately the same temperature, heat transfer hardly occur therebetween. Heat transfer occurs between the compressor (22) at high temperature and the sub-compressor (23) at low temperature. However, even if the heat from the compressor (22) heats the refrigerant in the sub-compressor (23), the refrigerant discharged from the sub-compressor (23) is delivered to the compressor (22), and thus the temperature of the sub-compressor (23) scarcely increases.

Abstract: An expander-compressor unit (200) includes a closed casing (1), a compression mechanism (2), an expansion mechanism (3), a shaft (5), and an oil pump (6). The shaft (5) includes an upper shaft (5s) provided with an upper eccentric portion (5a) for the compression mechanism (2), and a lower shaft (5t) provided with lower eccentric portions (5d and 5c) for the expansion mechanism (3) and an intermediate eccentric portion (5e) for the oil pump (6). The expansion mechanism (3) has an upper bearing member (45) for supporting a supported portion (5f) of the lower shaft (5t) located immediately above the lower eccentric portion (5d). The intermediate eccentric portion (5e) has a diameter equal to or less than that of the supported portion (5f).